This is a song I've never payed much attention to, and almost always skipped because of it's length. But, after hearing all the hate surrounding it made me curious, so I listened to the song, and carefully followed a sheet of lyrics as it went. And I can't help but wonder, what exactly is so horrible about it?

It is monotonous and almost as boring as "Highlands." I've never made it to the end of "Highlands" so I can't say for sure though. I asked my wife to tie me down so I could make it to the end one time but she got the wrong idea and left.

Highlands is a masterpiece of all things. If there was a fire...and I had to choose between saving some poor, helpless old lady and a shiny new golden disc with Highlands on it, I would choose option 2. You should be ashamed of yerself, Long Bong.

People who can't stand sitting through Highlands are the same people who don't have the patience to listen to Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands or Brownsville Girl either. They're the kind of people who need to spend the first couple of verses blabbering about how much they appreciate and understand Bob Dylan. If the song lingers on they have to shut up and actually listen after a while. They can't handle that.

People who can't stand sitting through Highlands are the same people who don't have the patience to listen to Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands or Brownsville Girl either. They're the kind of people who need to spend the first couple of verses blabbering about how much they appreciate and understand Bob Dylan. If the song lingers on they have to shut up and actually listen after a while. They can't handle that.

which is complete tripe of course.......I love Sad Eyed Lady......I could listen to it non-stop for weeks, but Highlands is monotonous.....I get sick of hearing it.......you're just over-simplifying things......Highlands is a bore.......blah blah blah

which is complete tripe of course.......I love Sad Eyed Lady......I could listen to it non-stop for weeks, but Highlands is monotonous.....I get sick of hearing it.......you're just over-simplifying things......Highlands is a bore.......blah blah blah

I do like the part about the restaurant, though.
I prefer reading 'Highlands' over listening to it and that must surely be a bad sign considering it's a song. If it was just as long as 'Sugar Baby', it would be great.
Unfortunately, it's not. Still I think it's not bad, really.

It helps if you think of Highlands less as a song, and more as a piece of installation art.

That justified 'Inland Empire' for me as well!

I saw that flick in the theater with about 5 other strangers in the audience. After about two hours, all of us were taking turns heckling the screen. Good times.

I fell asleep during that film and when I awoke, nothing had changed on the screen and I had no idea how much time had passed in the meantime. Heckling would have been good entertainment for a change...

I once loved a girl, her skin it was bronze.
With the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn.
I courted her proudly but now she is gone,
Gone as the season she's taken.

Through young summer's breeze, I stole her away
From her mother and sister, though close did they stay.
Each one of them suffering from the failures of their day,
With strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us.

Of the two sisters, I loved the young.
With sensitive instincts, she was the creative one.
The constant scapegoat, she was easily undone
By the jealousy of others around her.

For her parasite sister, I had no respect,
Bound by her boredom, her pride to protect.
Countless visions of the other she'd reflect
As a crutch for her scenes and her society.

Myself, for what I did, I cannot be excused,
The changes I was going through can't even be used,
For the lies that I told her in hopes not to lose
The could-be dream-lover of my lifetime.

With unknown consciousness, I possessed in my grip
A magnificent mantelpiece, though its heart being chipped,
Noticing not that I'd already slipped
To a sin of love's false security.

People who can't stand sitting through Highlands are the same people who don't have the patience to listen to Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands or Brownsville Girl either. They're the kind of people who need to spend the first couple of verses blabbering about how much they appreciate and understand Bob Dylan. If the song lingers on they have to shut up and actually listen after a while. They can't handle that.

Or, people who actually claim to like Highlands are the same people who think he plays "good" lead guitar.

Which is to say, people whose moms dropped them on their heads when they were babies.

A lot.

And I like Brownsville Girl (though Sad Eyed Lady is also boring over written crapola).

People who can't stand sitting through Highlands are the same people who don't have the patience to listen to Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands or Brownsville Girl either. They're the kind of people who need to spend the first couple of verses blabbering about how much they appreciate and understand Bob Dylan. If the song lingers on they have to shut up and actually listen after a while. They can't handle that.

Or, people who actually claim to like Highlands are the same people who think he plays "good" lead guitar.

Which is to say, people whose moms dropped them on their heads when they were babies.

A lot.

And I like Brownsville Girl (though Sad Eyed Lady is also boring over written crapola).

hmmmm, overgeneralizing there a little LJ? I LOVE Highlands but don't think much about the guitar playing on it--and I was never that I know of dropped repeatedly on my head.
And for the record, I'm tired of SELOTLL and never did get much out of Brownsville Girl, although I'm still giving that one time to perculate before coming to anything like a final conclusion.

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